Donna Irving Lambeth

1938 - 2022

Donna Irving Lambeth
September 14, 1938 - March 6, 2022
Winston-Salem, North Carolina - Donna Irving Lambeth passed away with her husband and two children surrounding her on March 6 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born September 14, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Hunter Donald Irving and Howard-Morning Brooks Irving and married Thomas Willis Lambeth in l964. Her children are Donna Catherine Lambeth {Conn Harrington) of Apex and Mark Hunter Lambeth (Lauri Jeantheau) of Lawrenceville GA. Grandchildren are Tuscan Cane Harrington of Austin, TX, Eve Adair Harrington of Boone, NC, and Haley Anastasia Lambeth of Lawrenceville, GA. A son, Thomas Richard Lambeth – Tommy – died in 2005.
Mrs. Lambeth was born in Greenville, NC and grew up in Raleigh where she attended Broughton High School. She had lived in Winston-Salem for 44 years. She attended Queens College and Meredith College and graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in 1960.
She taught for two years at Millbrook High School in Raleigh, was for several years Administrator of the Mayor's Office in Winston-Salem, and founder and Executive Director of the Work/Family Resources & Referral Service in Winston-Salem from 1989-1999. She was very active in Friendship Force International serving as Exchange Director for more than twenty countries, as a member of the Friendship Force Board of Directors and Chair of that board, and was a co-founder of the Friendship Force in Winston-Salem and officer and board member of that organization.
Mrs. Lambeth served on boards of the NC Center for International Understanding, the Salvation Army of Winston-Salem, and other groups. She was an alumna of Leadership Winston-Salem, member of the Rotary Club of Winston-Salem and the Junior League. She received awards from the Salvation Army, Winston-Salem State University, and Work Family Resource & Referral Service.
A memorial service will be held at Arbor Acres in Winston-Salem later this week. Inurnment will be in the Columbarium of Centenary Methodist Church in Winston-Salem. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to humane societies, the American Heart Association, or a charity of the donor's choice. Online condolences may be made at www.salemfh.com/.